Hidden Wealth in Western Canada Promises Vast Mineral Riches
Vast mineral wealth in Western Canada is described as awaiting exploration from the Rockies to the Arctic Circle. Advances in aeronautical surveying and modern instruments accelerate discovery of gold, copper, zinc, oil, and gas, with Turner Valley and Athabasca regions cited as early finds. Experts warn recovery will require huge capital and face geological challenges before wealth is tapped.
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Prairie Provinces
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
International
Arctic Circle
Turner Valley
Alberta
Athabasca Lake
Saskatchewan
Witan
Major Howard
Winnipeg
Torsey Hager
New York
Aberta
Hager
Lloydminster
Ottawa
Odin
Dominion Representatives Attend Coronation Commission Meeting
In a historic first, dominion representatives met with a coronation commission at St James Palace to discuss their roles in next May's ceremony. Prime ministers and high commissioners were appointed July 20 by the king. Attendees included Stanley Bruce of Australia and Charles Water of South Africa.
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Ominion
St. James’ Palace
Dominions
Stanley Bruce
Charles Water
London
Australia
South Africa
Monks Build Modern Church at Mirfield Aided by Students
Brethren of the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield England begin erecting a modern church on their grounds. Early Cistercian simplicity guides the project with a great nave a sacristy rose window an aisle and a trypt under the nave. Galleries chapels and a tower with a large dome are planned. The Toronto Globe notes a pronunciation quip about drought.
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Community of the Resurrection
Mirfield
England
Special Stamps Mark Vimy Memorial Dedication
Canada commemorates Vimy Ridge with two special stamps issued by France. A postal service operated at Vimy during the dedication with letters bearing a July 26 1936 stamp. Albin de Possesse gifted a Vimy memorial medal to the Canadian Legion party, with designs showing the monument and inscriptions In Memoriam and Canada France. The gold medal will go to the King, silver to Hon Ernest Lapointe, and bronze to Marshal Henri Petain.
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Aneneucrate
Vimy
Canada
Vimy Ridge
France
Albin de Possesse
Canadian Legion
Ernest Lapointe
Marshal Henri Petain
Medicinal Herb Plan Engulfs German Town’s Unemployed
A Leipzig report says the mayor of a Rhone Mountains town in Germany has ordered the unemployed to collect medicinal herbs. The plan will expand to require all district schoolchildren to gather herbs for an hour weekly, aiming to boost a regional medicinal industry and employments.
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Rhone
Germany
Leipzig
Fish respond to radio broadcasts experiment in Hungary
Dr Bela Farkas of Szeged University showed fish would move to a corner to feed whenever a radio was turned on as church bells rang at noon. The observation suggests fish are not deaf and can react to sound cues.
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Bela Farkas
Szeged University
Hungary
Budapest
Swiss watchmaker unveils electric watch powered by tiny battery
Georges Pellaton, renowned Swiss watchmaker, announces a breakthrough electric timepiece powered by a miniature storage battery. The innovation promises longer life and precise timekeeping, signaling a new era for automatic accessories.
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Georges Pellaton
Quiet Japanese Gain of Chinese Territory Reported
A historical account alleges Japan quietly secured control of Hopei and surrounding Chinese areas totaling over 154 million square miles of territory with a large population. The text claims Hopei Province directly, with extensive trade and autonomous governance, now operates under Japanese influence without substantial international notice. It cites Japanese advisers in provincial offices and political councils as part of consolidation efforts.
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Japan
Hopel
China
Ethiopia
Hopei
United States
Tangku
Lyt
Chahar
Yellow River
Hopei-Chahar
British calm after McMahon assassination attempt
The New York Post notes that in London the would be assassin McMahon had his gun knocked from his hand and was quietly removed without disruption. Edward downplayed the incident and the police highlighted that the loaded revolver’s firing chamber was empty, illustrating Britain’s respect for legal process.
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Edward
Europe
London
McMahon
New York Post
Thousands booked for Coronation work across empire
Reports from Reuters note unemployed people across the empire are already securing passages to London and seats along the coronation procession route for next May. About 1,500 seats are expected to be reserved by Australians and New Zealanders, with hundreds of princes, rich landlords, and Indian merchants among attendees. The event is seen as providing work for thousands, including Yorkshire workers making commemorative mugs and jugs.
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London
Reuter
India
Yorkshire
London Daily Mail
Navy Britain to Launch More Battleships Despite Air Threat
The article reports that battleships remain core to Britain's navy with plans to invite tenders for two 7.3 million pound super-dreadnoughts, followed by four more later. It notes tests on ship vulnerability from air attack, heavy deck armor, and rapid anti aircraft gun advances. It states government committees will report soon and the naval air arm will grow to counter air attackers.
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Britain
Barrow-in-Furness
Clyde
Tyne
Belfast
Naval Air Arm
Wolves Become Public Enemy in Northwest as Bounty Returns
The Dominion government reintroduces a wolf bounty due to rising numbers and heavy predation on fur bearing and big game. The old scheme paid 30 dollars per pelt, cut to 20 in 1932, then dropped. now the new regulation offers 5 dollars per pelt with the trapper keeping the skin for sale, aligning with provincial practice.
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Northwest
Dominion
North-Westerritories
Wanted A Companion Clock Theft Shocks Chicago Shop
Elmer Koch, 24, jailed in Chicago, charged with stealing a cuckoo clock from a Milwaukee avenue curiosity shop. He said he felt lonely and wanted the Swiss made walnut clock to feel companionable. Judge set bond at 0.
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Elmer Koch
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Elmer
Odd Will Probated In Sudbury Ontario Details Funeral Plans
The Sudbury Ontario probate records reveal Celina Charbonneau a school teacher who died in February left a 1928 will forbidding embalming and specifying burial in an old style without silk or white cotton with a pillow of wood shavings covered by white cloth. The estate valued at 16200 dollars allocates income to her brother and sums to nieces and nephews while most of the estate is bequeathed to church funds. Furniture goes to attendees at the funeral.
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Sudbury
Ont
Celina Charbonneau
Quebec safety league backs truck rear sound device
The Province of Quebec Safety League plans to propose a sound absorbing rear device for trucks to carry approaching car sounds to the driver via a microphone, aiding motorists to pass trucks more safely on highways.
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Province of
Trio of Veterans Makes Horse Shing At Ninety
Charles Gibbs Bélonton a blacksmith returned from retirement to shoe a horse for ten year old Joseph Haire and his thirty year old tare Nelly.
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Charles Gibbs
Bélonton
Joseph Haire
Tare
Nelly
Selected Recipes and Anecdotes from a Page
Steam of home baking notes a gold cake recipe with butter sugar eggs milk and flour and baking powder. A clergyman and youth exchange Darwin quip. Philippine import data show over a million pounds of American toilet soaps. Tarpon Springs, Florida, noted as the sponge capital of the world.
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Tarpon Springs, Fla
Appointed Soil Specialist to Succeed Late Barnes
Dr. Alfred Leahey of Edmonton Alberta has been appointed soil specialist to succeed the late Sidney Barnes who directed soils investigations for Western Canada under the Dominion Field Husbandman. Leahey, with BSc MSc and PhD from Wisconsin, brings soil survey analysis and fertilizer trial expertise from the University of Alberta to Dominion Experimental Farms and the Swift Current Soil Research Laboratory.
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Research Council of Alberta
Alfred Leahey
Edmonton
Alberta
Sidney Barnes
Western Canada
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Barnes
Prairie Provinces
Leahey
New Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Sask
University of Alberta
University of Wisconsin
Trifles Make Perfection in Michelangelo Tale
A tale recalls Michelangelo refining small details in a sculpture saying trifles make perfection. A meek boardinghouse diner asks for another sardine on toast, and it is noted that more fur pelts are taken annually in Louisiana than in Canada and Alaska combined.
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Michelangelo
Louisiana
Canada
Alaska
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Toronto Globe
William E. Merchant
Winston- Salem
N.C
Merchant
Philippines
Mt. Ippcee Cade Sane Ce Racel
Navy
Calgary
Regina
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